Chapter Seventy-Three: What a Rival
"Childe is too polite, next I will put forward some personal opinions for Childe's sale at this auction meeting, I hope it can be helpful to Childe."
Shao Xi knew that there were skills in auctions, and it was better to listen to the advice of insiders for this kind of thing, so he humbly asked the shopkeeper Cao.
Shopkeeper Cao thought for a moment and said: "Although this Tianyan Stone was originally a valuable thing, but Gongzi, you took out so much at once, which violates the principle of scarcity as precious, so I plan to sell only this orange Tianyan Stone separately on the first day, not only can it be sold at a good price, but also let people who have not bought this Tianyan Stone today have the opportunity to snap up the Tianyan Stone in the next few days, and this Tianyan Stone alone will be sold for more than a month every day." ”
Shao Xi thinks it makes sense, no matter how precious things are sold together, they will become the price of cabbage, so that if you sell two pieces a day, you can sell them at a high price.
Shopkeeper Cao continued: "As for the glass beads and the 'Fairy Tears' are rare things, I also plan to have two glass beads at a time, once every five days, which should be able to sell at a good price, 'Fairy Tears'!" Take out one every ten days, just one month, I believe there will be many dignitaries who like this thing. ”
"Shopkeeper Cao arranged it very well, this matter will be handed over to Shopkeeper Cao, you will handle it, I will take away the proceeds from today's sale, and as for the rest, I will come back to pick it up in a month."
"Childe came just in time, today's auction is about to start, Childe might as well enter to see what he likes, and by the way, see how his things are in the market."
"That's a good idea, I also want to see if this bid will be the same as I imagined."
While a few people were talking, the guys from Taihe Commercial Bank came to the back hall to inform the shopkeeper Cao that today's bidding meeting was about to start, and asked the shopkeeper Cao to preside over it.
The head office of this Taihe trading house has three floors, the first floor hall sells ordinary goods, the second floor hall deals rare treasures, and the hall on the third floor is the venue for the bidding meeting.
Shao Xi and the two were led upstairs by their buddies, arranged a place to sit down, and waited for the opening of the bidding meeting, while the shopkeeper Cao went to the inner hall of the hall to prepare for the auction.
At this time, Shao Xi was very curious, wanting to see how the auction was conducted in ancient times, thinking that it should be no different from the modern world.
People began to come in one after another in the venue, and they looked like all the dignitaries and nobles who were gorgeously dressed and had extraordinary spirits, and they should all be masters who were not bad for money.
Shao Xi thought that this bidding meeting was about to start, but who would have thought that it would be a group of singing and dancing girls who would appear first, and first performed a song and dance to warm up the scene. In this way, Taihe Commercial Bank is very attentive in this regard, and has made all the tricks of this business, which has to be admired from the bottom of my heart.
The song and dance ended, and with the sound of a gong from the guys, the auction officially began.
Shopkeeper Cao walked into the hall from the inner hall and arched his hand to the surrounding guests, and the polite words were naturally to talk about a large paragraph, but soon entered the theme and started today's bidding meeting.
The few pieces that were put up for auction in front of him were all valuable goods such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but Shao Xi was not interested in this, and now he wanted to see if there were any treasures that he could look at.
After auctioning more than a dozen goods, the shopkeeper Cao solemnly arched his hand to all the guests present, and said loudly: "All the nobles present! The treasure I will show you next is not only rare in the world, but more importantly, it is also of some help to those who cultivate martial arts. There are many exercises in the world, but there is a type of exercise that focuses on the power of the exercise with the help of external objects, that is, the hidden weapon exercise, and the most important thing in the hidden weapon exercise is the eyesight, and the next thing to be sold in the bank is the Tianyan stone that is of great help to this exercise, and it is a very high quality orange, please look at the nobles here. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a maidservant girl came to the center of the hall with a wooden box on a tray and placed it on the display table. Shao Xi sat down and looked at it and was happy, this thing is usually in his pocket, and now he has found a wooden box to put it in Taihe Commercial Bank, this business person really pays attention to packaging!
I saw the shopkeeper Cao slowly come to the display table, stretched out his hand and gently opened the lid of the wooden box, and the orange Tianyan Stone was displayed in front of everyone, causing a small commotion in the venue.
"Everyone, please see, this is a high-quality orange eye stone, not only very collectible, but also very helpful to those who practice the secret weapon exercises to improve the exercises, I think there are also people who practice martial arts here, everyone must seize the opportunity! The reserve price of this item is 100 gold, and there is no upper limit on the asking price, so please bid at will with all the nobles here. ”
As soon as the shopkeeper Cao's voice fell, he heard that someone had already started to bid for the price......
"One hundred and twenty gold!"
"One hundred and fifty gold!"
"One Hundred and Sixty Gold ......"
The atmosphere in the venue gradually became warmer, and the sound of bidding became higher and higher, and in just a moment, the price was raised to two hundred and twenty gold.
Originally, the price of the auction is almost the same, although this Tianyan stone is a treasure, but it also has its own value, and many people have given up at the price of two hundred and twenty gold.
"Two hundred and eighty gold!"
The sentence shouted from the corner surprised everyone present. Everyone knows very well that it is not cheap for an orange Tianyan stone to be sold for more than 200 gold, and at this time, someone can pay such a high price, and I think it must be very much needed.
Shao Xi looked at the place where the voice came from, and saw a person with a thin body and a slender face, especially the two eyebrows and two eyes were placed on the face in a figure-eight shape at the same angle, which looked really funny.
Although this person looked ridiculous, his eyes were sharp and his expression was serious, and he sat there with his hands on his shoulders and no expression on his face. Depending on what he means, if someone increases the price, he may offer a higher price.
There was a whisper of "chattering" in the venue, probably because he felt that this person was panicked and spent such a high price to buy a Tianyan stone.
Seeing that no one was bidding, Shopkeeper Cao sold the Tianyan Stone to the thin man.
The next auction items are still not very interesting to Shao Xi, but at this time, the Tianyan Stone has been sold, and Shao Xi has the bottom in his heart, if he really encounters something he likes, he will also have the confidence to bid.
Just when Shao Xi was bored and about to fall asleep, something appeared in the field, which made his eyes light up.
It was a delicate piece of gold silk soft armor, the kind of self-defense that could be worn close to the inside of the coat and not be seen by others.
I only listened to the shopkeeper Cao in the center of the hall and introduced in a loud voice: "Whether you are a martial arts cultivator or a martial arts practitioner, this golden silk soft armor is an excellent self-defense thing." This thing is spun into silk by the golden silk of Xishu and the shark tendon of the black shark of the South China Sea, and then woven into a nail, this armor is no different from ordinary cloth clothes worn on the body, but it is extremely tough, if it is not the world's top divine weapon, it is difficult to destroy it in the slightest, not to mention that the martial artists can wear this armor to protect their lives. ”
Everyone in the audience listened to the introduction of Shopkeeper Cao, and the atmosphere instantly became warm, who doesn't want to wear such a treasure armor to save their lives? As a result, the price was called one after another, and the soft armor with a reserve price of 120 gold was called to 200 gold after a while.
Shao Xi sat down until now and found that the two hundred gold seemed to be a threshold for bidding, and every time it reached this price, no one would ask for a price anymore, unless he specifically wanted to buy it.
"Two hundred and twenty gold!"
Shao Xi shouted out a price for the first time since he came in, and after this shout, no one seemed to want to compete with him.
Just when Shao Xi thought that this golden silk soft armor was already in his pocket, the voice sounded in the corner of the venue again.
"Two hundred and forty gold!"
There was another discussion in the venue, and it is estimated that many people were speculating about why this person always bids at the highest price every time. It feels like I want to buy everything I fancy at a fixed price.
But at this time, Shao Xi felt uncomfortable, he could already take it, and he killed such a way to bite the gold halfway, isn't this Chengxin unable to get along with himself? So I also came up with the shaft strength.
"Two hundred and sixty gold!"
Shao Xixin said: "I have shouted this price, and if you have the ability, you can pay another two hundred and eighty gold." ”
But what he never expected was that the other party didn't play cards according to the routine at all.
"Two hundred and seventy gold!"
Oh roar! The other party only added ten gold, and now he threw the price of two hundred and eighty gold to him, Shao Xi felt a pain in the egg.
"Two hundred and eighty gold!"
Shao Xi pondered, "Lao Tzu's Tianyan Stone was sold for two hundred and eighty gold, if you increase the price again, you will take it, anyway, Lao Tzu has no money." ”
But what also surprised Shao Xi was that the other party didn't move, and in the end, it was he who won this gold silk soft armor at a price of two hundred and eighty gold.
"I was happy just now, this day the eye stone was sold for nothing, which is equivalent to changing a soft armor, and there is nothing left in my hand."
Not only Shao Xi felt uncomfortable, but Lao Wu was more uncomfortable than him at this time. Originally, he was hungry, so he was looking for a place to eat, but he had to go to a big meal, and finally came here to sell things. But now it's a good thing, the money from the sale has been spent again.
Shao Xi glanced at the person in the corner again, and scolded in his heart. This is really a bad thing, otherwise there will be sixty gold left, enough to spend for a while.
Shao Xi was also not interested in the next auction, no matter what he was selling, it had nothing to do with him anyway.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Dear friends! In the end, the two things that the bank wants to sell are absolutely unique in this world, that is, two Yunxia glass beads and a 'fairy tears', we all know that the glass has been a royal exclusive thing since ancient times, and it is unprecedented in the world among the people, so everyone here today is blessed! Next, the two glass beads are sold first, and the bottom price of these two beads is 200 gold, please open your money bag and bargain as much as you like. ”
Shopkeeper Cao's words completely ignited the audience, and Shao Xi didn't expect to save his glass beads and "fairy tears" for the final finale.
This time, I finally have money to eat.